Kathy Mattea: My Coal Journey:

Date: September 11, 2014
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech
Description: To celebrate their new season the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech presents, Grammy Award-winning singer Kathy Mattea presents “My Coal Journey” on Thursday, September 11th.

“My Coal Journey” is a one-hour program incorporating stories from her family history and her current advocacy for the environment, combined with a slideshow and sample songs from her critically acclaimed album, “Coal.” The evening traces Mattea’s motivation for beginning the recording project, her research into the musical genre’s history and elemental style, and her family’s ties to coal mining culture in Appalachia, along with a discussion of environmental and social justice issues surrounding coal mining methods in today’s world.

For more information, visit: https://www.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mycoaljourney
or contact Shana Buzzard at centerforthearts@vt.edu or 540-231-5300.